letting down

英 [ˈletɪŋ daʊn]

美 [ˈletɪŋ daʊn]

下滑，（肉牛）掉膘

英英释义

noun

• the act of causing something to move to a lower level
  Synonym:lowering

双语例句

• He has spent all his life in letting down buckets into empty wells; and he is frittering away his age in trying to draw them up again.
  他把一生花费于把水桶落到枯井里，如今又把残年消耗于把它们吊上来。
• A tiny handful of fans may be letting her down.
  一小撮歌迷的这种行为让她很失望。
• Any boy who misbehaves will be letting down the whole school.
  任何行为不端的孩子都会让整个学校蒙羞。
• At present, the overall level of rural social security is letting down, which hinders social and economic development in rural areas as well as becomes a bottle-neck problem.
  目前，农村社会保障整体水平下滑，成为制约整个农村社会经济发展的瓶颈，建立新的农村社会保障制度已迫在眉睫。
• Since the reforming and opening-up of China, the construction of irrigation and water conservancy has been letting down: the supply is seriously insufficient and the running is difficult, which has certain effect on agricultural production, national grain safety as well as the world grain safety.
  改革开放以来，农田水利建设滑坡，农村社区农田水利供给严重不足、运行困难，对农业生产和国家粮食安全乃至世界粮食安全产生了一定影响。
• I felt bad about letting her down.
  我由于辜负了她而深感愧疚。
• I hate myself for letting you down, okay?
  我恨我自己让你感到失望，行了吗？
• Besides letting down your teammates.
  再说还放你队友飞机。
• Letting everyone down would be my greatest unhappiness.
  我最不开心的事情就是让大家都失望。
• Do you really want to start your life together by letting her down?
  你真想让你们的共同生活从失望开始？